File:Ptolemy Cosmographia 1467 - Balkan Peninsula.jpg
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Summary
| The Cosmography of Claudius Ptolemaeus the Alexandrian (Cosmographia Claudii Ptolomaei Alexandrini) | |
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| Title |
The Cosmography of Claudius Ptolemaeus the Alexandrian (Cosmographia Claudii Ptolomaei Alexandrini) |
| Language | Latin |
| Publication date | 1467 |
| Place of publication | Reichenbach Monastery |
| English: The 9th European Map (Nona Europae Tabula), featuring Dacia (Datia), Thrace (Thracia), and Upper and Lower Misia.
Polski: Półwysep Bałkański. Română: Peninsula Balcanica, cu Dacia and Tracia. (   ) |
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| Artist |
Nicolaus Germanus |
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| Title |
English: The 9th European Map (Nona Europae Tabula), featuring Dacia (Datia), Thrace (Thracia), and Upper and Lower Misia.
Polski: Półwysep Bałkański.
Română: Peninsula Balcanica, cu Dacia and Tracia. |
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| Date | 1467 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | ink and color on parchment | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 28.8 cm (11.3 in); width: 42 cm (16.5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current location |
Warsaw |
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| Accession number |
Rps BOZ 2/I-II |
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| Object history |
1573: transferred to Chancellor Jan Zamoyski (purchased in Paris) |
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| Notes |
English: Dedicated to Pope Paul II. |
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| Source/Photographer | www.polona.pl | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
Copyright expired, PD-Art | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Notes
- ↑
Halina Tchórzewska-Kabata, Maciej Dąbrowski (2000). More precious than gold: treasures of the Polish National Library, p. 68. Biblioteka Narodowa. ISBN 83-70093-00-0
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| current | 17:04, 19 January 2008 | | 1,537 × 1,087 (1.22 MB) | Peacay | {{Information |Description=Map of Balkan peninsula |Source=National Digital Library of Poland[http://www.polona.pl/dlibra/doccontent2?id=61&dirids=1] |Date=1467 |Author=Nicolaus Germanius (after Ptolemy (Geographia): 1st/2nd centuy AD) |Permission= |other |
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